Risk Adjustment

**Definition:** The use of severity-of-illness measures, such as age, to estimate the risk (measurable or predictable chance of loss, injury or death) to which a patient is subject before receiving some health care intervention. This adjustment allows comparison of performance and quality across organizations, practitioners, and communities. (from JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)

**Tree numbers:** - N04.452.871.715.800 - N04.761.789.800 - N05.715.360.750.625.700.690.800